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she later apologized but one of the earliest obama supporters in the obama/clinton rivalry. she's now clearly one of the leading democratic senators, leaders nationally spearheading this today. >> absolutely. she was sort of the face, the draw for this emily's list event in des moines. who knew we would be in des moines at this point in 2013. here it is starting again. i spoke to mccaskill after the event and we talked about president obama and the fact that she had endorsed him in 2008 because the argument she's making now is that this glass ceiling really needs to be broken. we need to be able to say madame president, whether it's just to make sure we have examples for daughters to see somebody in the oval office now arguing this is the moment for a woman president even though for now at this point it will be eight years ago that wasn't the right time. >> do you realize that two years from now we're going to be in ames for the straw poll? two years from now. >> i can't decide if that's exciting or stressful. >> it's stressful. trust me on that. let's talk about the rest of
she later apologized but one of the earliest obama supporters in the obama/clinton rivalry. she's now clearly one of the leading democratic senators, leaders nationally spearheading this today. >> absolutely. she was sort of the face, the draw for this emily's list event in des moines. who knew we would be in des moines at this point in 2013. here it is starting again. i spoke to mccaskill after the event and we talked about president obama and the fact that she had endorsed him in 2008...
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so president obama really has said assad has to go. not going unless the change the circumstances on the ground. iran discussing where they're going with their nuclear tarms weapons program. these are things that the russians have accumulated. it's important that president putin and president obama get together as soon as possible. >> the speaker's office put out a statement today saying that this proves that the so-called reset with russia has failed. >> it hasn't failed. it's a tough relationship, but i think the situation in russia is that they are sort of the rodney danger field of europe, that they can't get no respect and i think president putin says, no, we need to be respected. we may not be a super power but we're a power. the energy field is there. they intend to get respect. we've made some progress. it's a very tough relationship. it's likely to be for some years to come but it's likely that we have a modus operandi. we have to find a way to live together and make sure things don't get out of control. >> we have the terribl
so president obama really has said assad has to go. not going unless the change the circumstances on the ground. iran discussing where they're going with their nuclear tarms weapons program. these are things that the russians have accumulated. it's important that president putin and president obama get together as soon as possible. >> the speaker's office put out a statement today saying that this proves that the so-called reset with russia has failed. >> it hasn't failed. it's a...
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president obama is going through the same thing. each of the individual steps are effective lawful and appropriate and etch in the "today's" article, mr. savage points out it is consistent with the law, and the question that we are grappling with and the president is gap plg with, although legal, am i comfortable that we are doing this, and right balance between privacy and security. and look, let me tell you what everyone in my old profession will tell you, just let me know where the line is. you tell me your comfort level a and i will make you as safe as possible within the line that you have drawn for me. look at the end of the day, we may decide to narrow the box a little bit. and let me give you a candid view from the intelligence officer, and so here is the decision that we will have made as a people. we will have made you a little bit more comfortable, but we have also made you a little bit less safe, too, but i understand that. >> how do you feel about the way that the threats have been publicized aggressively publicized by
president obama is going through the same thing. each of the individual steps are effective lawful and appropriate and etch in the "today's" article, mr. savage points out it is consistent with the law, and the question that we are grappling with and the president is gap plg with, although legal, am i comfortable that we are doing this, and right balance between privacy and security. and look, let me tell you what everyone in my old profession will tell you, just let me know where the...
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i think president obama and the administration is absolutely right when they say they want and america wants inclusive tolerant institutions in egypt. the question is, how do build them, and we -- the way to build them is not to burn them down. that's why i think we should retain our strong rlelationship with the military. not because we condone it or agree with it, it's the only power in town. if we going rebuild egypts institution, it's better to rebuild from within than burn them down and start from scratch. simply put, the big state is better than no state. that's the only choice facing us nous. >> countries at odds with each other. israel and the non-secular people, the black costuming people, who really want a religious state's in people in northern ireland who want to be forever a part of britain and others who very much want to be a republic of ireland. here are here want sharia led, real islamic law, political power and other people who are just egyptians who want to live the way egyptians have lived for thousands of years. can they be co-habitating? is in a model for them to
i think president obama and the administration is absolutely right when they say they want and america wants inclusive tolerant institutions in egypt. the question is, how do build them, and we -- the way to build them is not to burn them down. that's why i think we should retain our strong rlelationship with the military. not because we condone it or agree with it, it's the only power in town. if we going rebuild egypts institution, it's better to rebuild from within than burn them down and...
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barack obama is leading the country in the wrong direction. i'm a guy not willing to go along to get along. his message, i don't think there's a question really does resound there. >> another man whose message resounds there, when you consider the fact it was last year that rick santorum won the iowa caucuses, he made the headlines attacking the romney campaign, crediting president obama where he described it, at least making an effort to do the same. he's hardly a moderate. how does the party expand its base when see the more conservative candidates? >> taking more of an economic populous approach, you don't retreat on conservatism, but appeal to more working class americans by reaching out to them. the challenge, of course, is policy and ultimately that's where it gets tough for some in a working class americans where polling shows like government programs to a certain degree. as far as santorum in iowa goes, he did it the old fashioned way in 2012. all 99 counties, he courted voter by voter and it paid off for him in the caucuses. the chall
barack obama is leading the country in the wrong direction. i'm a guy not willing to go along to get along. his message, i don't think there's a question really does resound there. >> another man whose message resounds there, when you consider the fact it was last year that rick santorum won the iowa caucuses, he made the headlines attacking the romney campaign, crediting president obama where he described it, at least making an effort to do the same. he's hardly a moderate. how does the...
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right here in the obama t-shirt. you know, so if you -- here's a general rule in the presidential town hall. if you want to get called on, wear the president's face on your shirt. >> good afternoon, president obama. my name is ivana smith. i am a graduate student in the college of community and public affairs. i study eastern affairs administration w that being said, as we are all students, we know how vital it is to have a good foundation in your education. how does your administration plan to address the major budget cuts that are happening with headstart schools around the u.s.? >> well, that's a great question and this will be a major topic over the next several months. first of all, i want to expand early childhood education so that it is accessible for every young person in america. and i talked about this -- i talked about this in my state of the union address. it is just common sense. we know, study after study has shown that the biggest bang for the buck that we get when it comes to education is to invest ea
right here in the obama t-shirt. you know, so if you -- here's a general rule in the presidential town hall. if you want to get called on, wear the president's face on your shirt. >> good afternoon, president obama. my name is ivana smith. i am a graduate student in the college of community and public affairs. i study eastern affairs administration w that being said, as we are all students, we know how vital it is to have a good foundation in your education. how does your administration...
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ted cruz fighting obama care. hard to keep that message and that solid message moving forward while he's having to swat what he probably perceives as some of the gnats, right, chris? >> yes. staying on message is part of being president. it's very difficult. you have unforeseen things running into what you want to do. i don't know how many weeks we heard from the president this is the week we're dealing with the economy, something else would happen and they wouldn't do it. i think that problem is even more exacerbated now because of the rapidity of the news cycle, because of twitter, because of youtube, because of all of the ways in which you can get distracted and off messaging and being forced to respond to things. i always go back to if ever someone told me five years ago kathleen and chris and gene and steve, too, that the president of the united states would go into the white house briefing room with a copy of his birth certificate to say, look, i am important in this country, it is amazing the power of sort
ted cruz fighting obama care. hard to keep that message and that solid message moving forward while he's having to swat what he probably perceives as some of the gnats, right, chris? >> yes. staying on message is part of being president. it's very difficult. you have unforeseen things running into what you want to do. i don't know how many weeks we heard from the president this is the week we're dealing with the economy, something else would happen and they wouldn't do it. i think that...
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those just a few things that president obama put on the table today. you talk about the prebutt by reince priebus. we're getting reaction this afternoon, chris, from john klein, the chairman of the house education committee. he said he was interested in the president's ideas but also expressed concern that those ideas could ultimately wind up driving up the cost of college. now, all of this, chris, if you put this into a broader picture is part of the president teeing up the fall budget battles with republicans, the of course debt ceiling and, of course, the budget. when you talk about the budget you talk about education, college affordability, those will be some of the things they discuss. the president drawing the battle lines. in the past several weeks the president has made a number of other stops. he's talked about housing winding down fannie mae, freddie mac, investing in infrastructure projects. >> kristen welker, traveling in the bus, i love this coverage. it's great. thank you, kristen from nbc news. >> thanks, chris. >>> some good news to rep
those just a few things that president obama put on the table today. you talk about the prebutt by reince priebus. we're getting reaction this afternoon, chris, from john klein, the chairman of the house education committee. he said he was interested in the president's ideas but also expressed concern that those ideas could ultimately wind up driving up the cost of college. now, all of this, chris, if you put this into a broader picture is part of the president teeing up the fall budget battles...
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this saturday, president obama will deliver a speech on those same steps. martin luther king iii joins us. the president has a tough act to follow to put it lightly, he's got to stand on those steps where your dad stood. and gave after the second inaugural of lincoln, the second american speech every given. that wasn't supposed to be the speech that day, was it? >> well, i don't know -- >> people tell me that he sort of was inspired or somebody yelled him to tell them the dream speech, reverend. >> that certainly is true. but he had delivered conversions of that speech on several occasions and so i think that certainly that demonstration inspired him particularly. could i just correct one thing, just for the record? the 24th is the march that reverend sharpton and i and others are calling for. but the president actually speaks on the 28th which is the day, wednesday, which is the actual day that dad delivered the "i have a dream" speech. so there are several activities that are going on. >> distinguish the two of them. what's their different relevance? >> t
this saturday, president obama will deliver a speech on those same steps. martin luther king iii joins us. the president has a tough act to follow to put it lightly, he's got to stand on those steps where your dad stood. and gave after the second inaugural of lincoln, the second american speech every given. that wasn't supposed to be the speech that day, was it? >> well, i don't know -- >> people tell me that he sort of was inspired or somebody yelled him to tell them the dream...
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mccain and graham urge the obama administration to suspend u.s. assistance to egypt, making clear to the current leadership of the country what steps we believe are necessary to halt egypt's descent. john mccain has been opposed to the continuation of aid to that country. the two men both recently went there to egypt as emissaries for the administration and are calling for further action. those live pictures from cairo, egypt. >>> before we end this hour, we want to look at what stories will make headlines in the next 24 hours. chris is back with us now. chris, you'll allow us to indull engine a little lit of light sports fair. president yankees and a-rod, his first crack at boston. more importantly, the boston fans have their first crack at him. >> you've got that right. i predict loud booing and a bad weekend for a-rod with the latest allegations. this story goes from bad to worse. i think the yankees from a pr standpoint would wish it would all just go away. obviously, he's appealing his basically year and a half long suspension and can play un
mccain and graham urge the obama administration to suspend u.s. assistance to egypt, making clear to the current leadership of the country what steps we believe are necessary to halt egypt's descent. john mccain has been opposed to the continuation of aid to that country. the two men both recently went there to egypt as emissaries for the administration and are calling for further action. those live pictures from cairo, egypt. >>> before we end this hour, we want to look at what...